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Location

This course will be delivered online.

Access details will be provided closer to the course date.

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Description

Course Objectives

In this three-day hands-on course you will learn how to build applications and data pipelines that publish data to, and subscribe to data from, an Apache Kafka cluster. You will learn the role of Kafka in the modern data distribution pipeline, discuss core Kafka architectural concepts and components, and review the Kafka developer APIs. The course also covers other components in the broader Confluent Platform such as Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, the REST Proxy and the Schema Registry.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for application developers, ETL (extract, transform, and load) developers, and data scientists who need to interact with Kafka clusters as a source of, or destination for, data.

Course Prerequisites

Attendees should be familiar with developing in Java (preferred) or Python. No prior knowledge of Kafka is required.

Course Duration

This is a three-day training course.

Live Online Training

This course is delivered live online, via Webex. Joining instructions will be sent the day before the course starts. To test your connectivity please visit http://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html. Note that using Linux to connect to the Webex session is not supported. The course is delivered from 9am to 4:30pm Central time each day.

Course Contents

Introduction

The Motivation for Apache Kafka

Kafka Fundamentals

Kafka Architecture

Developing with Kafka

More Advanced Kafka Development

Schema Management in Kafka

Kafka Connect for Data Movement

Basic Kafka Installation and Administration

Kafka in the Data Center

An Introduction to Kafka Streams for Data Processing

Hands-On Exercises

Throughout the course, Hands-On Exercises reinforce the topics being discussed.

What is provided during the course?

We will provide you with a PDF copy of the course materials. You will need a computer to connect to the WebEx session, and to connect to the cloud-based VM or run a local VM using VirtualBox.

Terms and Conditions

By purchasing a ticket for admission to these Course(s), you agree to be bound by the terms of Confluent's Public Training Agreement (the "Terms"), which is set forth at http://confluent.io/public-training-terms